The Tintic Standard Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Utah county, Utah at an elevation of 5,997 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,997 Feet (1,828 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.95556, -112.06111
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Tintic Standard Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tintic Standard Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Utah
County: Utah
District: Tintic
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1952
Time Period: 1916 - 1952
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^11.5 % Pb, 25 Oz/Ton Ag, 5 % Cu, 0.1 Oz/Ton Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Enargite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): AT ONE TIME RICHEST SILVER MINE IN WORLD (LINDGREN, 1933, P 588). GRADE CU IS GRADE CU ORE SHIPPED. BULK OF PB-AG ORE FROM REPLACEMENT MASSES; CU-AU ORE FROM VEINS.GREAT BULK OF ORE FROM REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN OPHIR FM. VEIN DEPOSITS IN TINTIC QUARTZITE. MAIN REPLACEMENT ORE BODY PITCHES S35W, 60 DEG EXTENDING FROM 700 TO 1450 LEVEL. REPLACEMENT ORE BODY DEEPLY OXIDIZED.
References
Reference (Deposit): SHEPARD & MORRIS, IN RIDGE, J. D., 1968, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., AIME
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